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I I TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 30, 2014 BEO reports 2014 first-quarter Oregon Encyclopedia to hold community meeting in Heppner earnings H e p p n e r — B E O p e rc e n t, up from 8.15 Bancorp and its subsidiary. percent in 2013.” Bank o f Eastern Oregon, Lemmon went on to say, an n o u n ced first-q u a rte r “Continued good profits since a year ago has 2014 consolidated contributed to an n e t in c o m e o f $560,000, or $0.51 impressive increase in s h a r e h o ld e r s ’ per share, compared eq u ity , up 16.67 to $ 4 0 5 ,0 0 0 , or percent year over $0.42 per share, for year. We rem a in first quarter 2013. th e m o s t w e ll- Total assets w ere capitalized bank in $305.2 million, up JefT Bailey eastern Oregon.” 3.89 percent year- “ We a re o f f to a over-year. Net loans o f $236.2 m illion w ere up solid start for 2014. We 6.3 percent from the same continue to see decent loan p e rio d in 2 0 1 3 , w h ile g row th su p p o rte d by a deposits were at $271.5 strong deposit base,” said m illion, up 3.69 percent President and CEO Je ff Bailey. year-over-year. C h ie f O p e ra tio n s C hief Financial Officer Mark Lemmon said, “Net O ffic e r G ary P ro p h eter i n te r e s t in c o m e a f te r s a id , “ We s e e s o m e provision for loan losses encouraging signs in the is virtually identical to last n a tio n a l e co n o m y , but year. Return on Average when this long period o f A ssets is 0.74 p e rc e n t, low interest rates will end compared to 0.56 percent is anyone’s guess. Even last year; with Return on though the Fed continues A verage E quity at 9.65 to keep rates incredibly low, we are seeing decent growth in deposits across all segments o f our branch network.” “ We still have a few c h a lle n g e s th a t we are working through in our loan portfolio as a whole. The ag sector continues to treat us well, but we realize that ag is a cyclical type o f business. We continue to add to our provision for loan losses as loan growth continues and conditions warrant. We are very pleased with the decent rains that much o f our trade area has received over the past two months; we are still a long way from harvest, but crop moisture and o v e ra ll c o n d itio n s are looking m uch better than they did at year end,” concluded Bailey. For further information on the company or to access internet banking, please visit the website at http;// www.beobank.com. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting ot the Budget Committee of the one Lexington -em eteiy Lhst M orrow______ f state of Oregon, to (DfSfrtci ra m o l ’ discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1. 20 14 (County) lone Market & Deli to June 30, 20 1 5 , will be held at (Location) 285 W Mam. lone OR Tho m u tin g willfalti> p l i n on,_____ May 12.2014 (Addresnj 159 a.rr 1 1 : 0 0 ____ [H p.m. at Out») The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to '■eceive comment from the public on the budget This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee A copy of the budget document may bo nspoctod or obtained on or after April 21 2014 at _ Bank of Eastern Oregon (Data) P5 a.m. 9:00 between the hours of □ p - w - (Lo catio n) U a.m. ?Qpm a nd _________ 4 0 0 Published: April 23 and 30, 2014 Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Morrow Town of Lexington , State of Oregon, (Dmtnct name) on the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 20 ^ 425 F St Lexington OR to June 30, 20_1®_ , will be held at (Location) □ The meeting will take place o n ________ ______________ at 6:30 a .m . 63 pm T he purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. An additional, separate meeting of the Budget Committee will be held to take public comment. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. The meeting for public comment will be on □ a.m. 6:30 May 21. 2014 425 F St ES p ™ . held at_ Lexington OR (Location) (Date) May 2, 2014 A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after 425 F St. Lexington OR_______ betweenth0hours 0( £9 a in- 8:00 Ppm. and 4:00 □ a.m. B9 p.m. , (Location) Published: April 23 and 30, 2014 Affida vii_____ PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING City of Heppner A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Morrow (District nam*) discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 20 14 , State of Oregon, to (County) Heppner City Hall to June 30, 20 15 . will be held at _ (Location) □ a.m. 111 N Main St The meeting will take place on_ 05/13/14 E3 P-^-. _ a t_______ 6_ The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after____ IS a m between the hours of _ f l D .m 05/09/14 □ a rw 4 5 111 N e.m. B p 1" . Published: April 23 and 30, 2014 Affidavit N otice • to B idders A ll s o l ic it a t io n s Main St Contribute your knowledge o f Morrow County history to the Oregon Encyclopedia The Or e g o n E n c y c lo p e d ia (O E ) is coming to Morrow County this spring to hold a public co m m u n ity m eetin g on Oregon history and culture. The public is invited to test local history know ledge with a fun trivia quiz, learn about some of the important people, places and events in M orrow C ounty, and c o n tr ib u te k n o w le d g e Love calls us by name H ow m u st J e s u s ’ disciples have felt in the aftermath o f his crucifixion? How must Mary Magdalene have felt as she went to the tomb just before dawn, to w ash J e s u s ’ body? 1 imagine the disciples all had troubled m inds that night and m orning, that they wondered how things could have gone so terribly wrong. They felt darkness and sin in th e ir liv e s , and their shoulders were w eighed w ith the cares o f their com m unity and the futures o f the world. How could e v e ry o n e — them selves, Judas, Peter, the religious leaders, the Roman occupiers— have betrayed Jesus, the Son o f G od, the M essiah? 1 imagine they were confused and frightened by the turn o f events, that they were w e ig h e d d o w n by th e immensity o f the horrible thing that had happened to Jesus and to them, and a lso w o n d e rin g , “ How could God have allow ed th is to h a p p e n ? ” T hey were completely unaware o f the dear sweet surprise coming— the Resurrection t h a t G o d ’s L o v e h ad planned for them! As part o f my spiritual d ev o tio n s, I follow Jan R ic h a rd s o n ’s b lo g and h e r o n lin e v isu a l. The P a in te d P ra y e rb o o k . I am especially fond o f her painted reflections o f the lectionary texts. Recently, she painted a reflection of the resurrection as told in John 20. In the painting, a shiny golden light shoves the darkness to the edges o f the picture, so that the emerging light, the bright love o f God, becomes the central focus. She calls that work, “And Love Will Rise Up And Call Us By Name.” Love W ill R ise Up And C all Us By Nam e. That’s indeed the story of Easter. That story begins with M ary’s discovery o f the empty grave. She runs to tell the disciples the body is missing! Something has happened! She does not yet know what the empty tomb means. She doesn’t Submitted to Morrow County Government in a sealed envelope and delivered to: Morrow County Government Attn: Karen W olff, Court Executive Secretary/Personnel Director 100 S Court Street, Heppner, OR 97836 Sealed bids will be received until: M ay 15, 2014 at 2:00 PM PT • The outside of the envelope shall be clearly marked: • "IFB 001-2014 Demolition'' All bids shall be clearly and distinctly typed or written with ink. No erasures are permitted. ■ Mistakes shall be crossed out and correction typewritten or written in ink adjacent thereto and initialed in ink by the party signing the bid or a confirmed authorized representative. ■ • If a response is not legible, Morrow County Government may determine that the bid is non-responsive. All bids shall be in the format requested and/or furnished by Morrow County Government, herein after referred to as County, or they may be rejected by the County. • • Light refreshments will be served. Oregon Encyclopedia Co-Editor-m-Chief Ulrich H. H a rd t w ill le a d a discussion on how to write an Oregon Encyclopedia e n tr y a n d w o rk w ith p a rtic ip a n ts to id en tify Morrow County topics that should be included on the website. J4ti (Easter messages o f fa ith a n d hope: s h a ll b e : • o f lo cal h isto ry to the encyclopedia project. T h e m e e tin g w ill be held in H ep p n e r on Thursday, May 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Morrow County Museum, 114 N M ain S tre e t in Heppner. T he m e e tin g is c o sponsored by the Morrow C ounty M useum and is free and open to the public. It shall be the bidder's responsibility to ensure that the bid is delivered to the County at the specified address above before the time and date set for bid closing as noted in the solicitation. County will not be responsible for bids delivered to any location other than the address listed above. Bids delivered to another address will be considered non-responsive. • Bid documents may be obtained via an email request to Rob Quaempts, Project Manager, Wenaha Group • Interested firms shall have no unauthorized contact with County staff or County Court members during the selection process. All questions shall be directed in writing to the Project Manager, Rob Quaempts at robq@wenahagroup.com robo@wenahagroup.com much God must love her, the disciples, and all people to have resurrected G od’s Son, Jesus Christ, and sent him back to her, to all of them, even those who just hours before betrayed and deserted him. Jesus’ instructions for her, once she recognizes him, are not to hold onto him because he has not yet ascended to God. She is to proclaim what she has seen, experienced and heard— that Jesus has risen— and to tell them he is soon ascending to heaven back to God. In a very real sense she is to tell them that Love has risen up, is returning to God. and is now calling their names. Most of us either have been in the place of darkness or know someone who has been there, and what it is like. We know what it is like to be at the bottom o f a physical, em otional and spiritual pit, or to be sinking helplessly into the deep end o f what seems like a bottomless pool. We know what it is like to feel p aralyzed by the things that have happened to us and all around us and to feel as if we cannot pull ourselves out. The Good News is that just when we feel we have endured more than we can stand there is a moment o f rescue, of loving resurrection, a realization of how much God must love us and that God has blessed us. We look at things and realize all the old sorrow, pain and despair has been wiped away and we stand dripping wet. but alive and w hole, safe outside that darkness, outside that deep pit or pool. We discover when we are at the cen ter o f our darkness that Jesus walked through that darkness also. We discover that as Jesus arises out of the darkness, his Love calls out to us. Love is calling each one of us by name. And Jesus pulls us up out o f it beh ind h im by our hands. His resurrection means ours too. Because o f Jesus’ resurrection we know that the d ark n ess c a n n o t o v e r c o m e us co m p letely . B ecause of J e s u s ’ re s u rre c tio n we know sorrow and death cannot conquer us, they do not have the final word in our lives. Because of his resurrection, we know G od's Love defeats death a n d c o n q u e r s al l t he darkness that smoothers us. Jesus is risen and his people have been called by name, and now we have been set loose in the world to make a difference in it because o f his great Love for us. A nd again Love has risen up and is calling each o f us by name to go like Mary Magdalene did and tell others that Love has ris e n up an d it is calling us by nam e into an amazing and wonderful new creation! Amen! With many Resurrection blessings to all. yet know that this is the first sign that Lpve has risen up and is calling her by name, but we, the readers, know Love has risen up and is going to be call ing her name very soon! T he d is c ip le s h e a r about M a ry ’s discovery o f that open, empty tomb and run to see what has happened. Perhaps they understand the meaning o f that empty tomb, perhaps not. They see the evidence o f the grave clothes and they realize this is not just a case o f a stolen body. They don’t know how, yet no g rav e ro b b er w ould unwrap a dead body, take the decom posing tissue, muscle and bone, then leave the grave clothes behind. The text says Peter and the Beloved Disciple both see the evid en ce o f the linen w rappings lying in the tom b, and the cloth that had been on J e su s ’ head was rolled up neatly and lying in a place by itself. The Beloved Disciple sees th is e v id en ce, and the story says he believes. Believes w hat? For sure he believes that Jesus was gone from the grave. Most Christians also read this part o f the story and think the Beloved Disciple believes that som ehow Jesus has conquered death too. Peter and the Beloved Disciple don’t yet understand how the Love embodied as Jesus C hrist has risen up, but they know he has somehow conquered death. But they don’t yet hear Love calling their names either. Then as Mary weeps outside the tomb, she bends over to look inside it again and sees tw o an g els in white, where Jesus’ body was last laid to rest, one where his head had been and one w h ere his feet had rested. They ask her, “ W om an, w hy are you w eeping?” It is perhaps a mark o f her deep grief that she does not realize s o m e th in g s p e c ia l has happened as she answers them , “ They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Then she turns around and she sees Jesus standing there, but she does not recognize in her grief who it is who is standing there. Jesus asks her again. “ W om an, w hy are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she says, “Sir if you have carried him away tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Focused on the physical and emotional, she misses that Love stands before her, in her presence. Then Jesus says, “ M ary!” It is only then that she realizes who is speaking with her. She turns and says in surprise and joy, “ Rabbouni!” It is only that moment that she recognizes that the one who embodies God’s Love has Pastor Elke L. Sharma risen, is alive, and that he Heppner United has’ called her name! In that moment Mary Methodist Church must have understood how I t » ! V
